"Sounding as pristine today as it did in 1994": Trevor Rabin and Jon Anderson shine on their final Yes album together, Talk By Philip Wilding published 24 May 2024 Overlooked and undersold Yes gem Talk gets a welcome multidisc reissue
Yes to release Super Deluxe Edition of Fragile in June By Jerry Ewing published 15 May 2024 The new Super Deluxe version of Yes's Fragile album is remastered and features rarities and previously unreleased live recordings
“When the line-ups changed I thought it was getting a bit stale. But they reinvented themselves… what an incredible thing”: Steve Stevens has loved Yes since he was 14, and always will By Jerry Ewing published 4 May 2024 Billy Idol’s guitarist discovered his mood for a lifetime when he saw the British icons at Madison Square Garden in 1974
“We didn’t force a connection, it just happened.” Steve Howe remembers a fledgling Yes supporting Jethro Tull in America in 1971 By Dave Everley published 15 April 2024 Supporting an already-established Jethro Tull in America helped Yes in their way to star status
“The fans understood I was the price they had to pay to hear the band they loved, so they put up with me. It’s not like you’re joining the Sex Pistols”: Trevor Horn on fronting Yes – and how it later made 90125 possible By Johnny Sharp published 9 April 2024 Producer recalls making his colleagues feel “embarrassed and amused at the same time” as he begged them not to give up on Owner Of A Lonely Heart
"We get halfway through, just before the solo, and all the power goes off on stage": The night a furious Ray Davies cut a Yes set short before aiming blows and kicks at Rick Wakeman By Gary Graff published 3 April 2024 In late 1971, Yes and The Kinks hooked up for a short run of shows in New York, but brotherly love between the bands was in short supply
The Yes albums you should definitely own By Classic Rock published 26 March 2024 The musicians may have changed, but the search for musical transcendence never wavered. These are the very best albums by Yes
New four-disc box set for 'great lost Yes album' Talk due in May By Jerry Ewing published 25 March 2024 Yes's 1994 album Talk will also be reissued as a limited edition double white vinyl release and on single CD
Jon Anderson announces Yes: Epics, Classics and More tour: new music on the way By Fraser Lewry published 5 March 2024 Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks are currently putting the finishing touches on a new album
Yes launch limited 2CD and Blu-ray edition of Mirror To The Sky By Jerry Ewing published 23 February 2024 The band's Classic Tales Of Yes UK tour takes place in May and June
"It promises to be one of our most interesting sets to date." Yes discuss their upcoming UK tour By Jerry Ewing published 22 February 2024 The Classic Tales Of Yes UK live dates includes shows rescheduled from 2023
“He didn’t think the concerts would work… the fluidity, precision and phrasing is simply dazzling”: Rick Wakeman’s Live At The London Palladium 2023 By Ian Fortnam published 19 February 2024 Performed over two nights, box set featuring The Six Wives Of Henry VIII, The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur, Yes Classics and Journey To The Centre Of The Earth is an essential package
“Isn’t it the best when you get into a band and they happen to have so much material to discover?” Yes’ Jon Davison fell in love with the Moody Blues by falling in love with John Lodge’s daughter By Grant Moon published 2 February 2024 Singer has a soft spot for Tom Waits' melancholy first album and tree-hugger activities - and he’s in a band with his prog hero
“Those who have heard it suggest it may not be the lost classic its reputation implies”: Six songs that didn’t make Yes’ 90125 tracklist By Stephen Lambe published 29 January 2024 Starting out as Cinema before resuming their established name, the band spent 18 months developing the album that saved them. Inevitably, not every track made the final cut
"I still think I’m part of Yes": Jon Anderson teases the possibility of a reunion with former Yes bandmates Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman By Paul Brannigan published 29 January 2024 Jon Anderson suggests that the door may be open for playing again with some old friends
“I just knew Trevor Horn as a pop producer. When he turned up with a guitar, I said, ‘Is that a prop, or are you going to use it?’ We just didn’t hit it off”: How Yes’ 90125 became a triumph – despite starting with “the worst jam in history” By Stephen Lambe published 24 January 2024 After Drama resulted in the band’s complete collapse, a massive revamp seemed the only hope for any kind of future. But that epic challenge resulted in an equally epic album
"We would go out and he really never wanted anybody to know that he was a musician": The troubled life and lonely death of Peter Banks, the man once called "the architect of prog" By Paul Woods published 24 January 2024 Guitarist Peter Banks gave Yes their name, designed their logo, and played on their first two albums – yet when he died, there was no money for his funeral
“By the time I swapped over the tapes I knew I was in the stinky brown stuff. Somebody said, ‘God help us’ … the budget for the cover was cut back”: How Rick Wakeman proved everyone wrong with The Six Wives of Henry VIII By Dave Ling published 23 January 2024 His 1973 debut solo album was roundly hated by label bosses and reviewers – but it became a coffee-table classic and gave him freedom from Yes
"I could sense the end was near": Yes bassist Billy Sherwood recalls his "heartbreaking" final conversations with his hero Chris Squire By Paul Brannigan published 15 January 2024 "We started talking all the time...The conversations got deeper and heavier"
“This is tightrope-walking without a net… it feels a bit like having him play a solo up close and personal, and who – other than certain former members of Yes, perhaps – wouldn’t want that?” Steve Howe’s Motif Volume 2 By Gary McKenzie published 3 January 2024 15 years after the first instalment, the guitarist bares the bones of his writing and proves those bones are strong
